A woman working full time for a full year at the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour will make only $14,500 a year — an amount which is below the federal poverty line for a family of three. For tipped workers, the federal minimum cash wage is only $2.13 an hour!
Increasing the minimum wage for all workers, including tipped workers, would give working families a boost and help close the wage gap — nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers and tipped workers are women.
But we need your help. We want to hear about what it takes to live on minimum wage from women who've experienced it. Share your story below to help us show legislators how important raising the minimum wage would be for families!
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